Wikipedia and Reddit also protest SOPA and PIPA with a total blackout!

Jan 18, 2012 12:37 GMT  ·  By

Today, January 18th, the openSUSE and Fedora websites are on strike against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act).

While the Fedora Project website only displays a text saying "The Fedora Project does not promote internet censorship. Help stop SOPA and PIPA.", the openSUSE website is already redirecting to http://sopastrike.com/strike.

"We hope the decision to blackout OpenSuSE.org will educate people around the world about this issue that threatens the basics of the Internet, will make some US based contributors, friends and users contact their representatives in congress and inspire others to join the strike." - said Henne Vogelsang from openSUSE in the announcement.

As you probably know already, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) is a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives.

If made law, it will enable copyright holders and U.S. law enforcement to fight online trafficking in counterfeit goods and copyrighted intellectual property.